Registered Nurse - Maternity-Up to $25,000 Sign on Bonus

Main Function

The RN is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated timeframe and provides care to these patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment/instrumentation, and other health care team members. The RN is expected to perform their duties according to established standards of care and the core values established by the Division of Nursing.

Duties And Responsibilities

• STANDARDS OF CARE
  • Nursing Process
    • Assessment: Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychological and cognitive status of patients.
      • Diagnosis: Analyzes assessment data to determine appropriate nursing diagnoses.
      • Outcome Identification: Identifies appropriate expected outcomes individualized to the patient.
      • Planning: Formulates a goal directed plan of care, which is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.
      • Identifies patient/significant other learning needs and implements appropriate measures to meet these.
      • Implementation: Implements care in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent and continuous manner.
      • Performs documentation duties on unit and in patient record, which is timely, accurate and concise.
      • Evaluation: Evaluates effectiveness of self, care given by all health care team members, and contribution of systems, environment, and instrumentation in progressing patient toward outcomes.

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE

• Quality of Care: Functions with an awareness and application of safety issues as identified within the institution.
• Emergency Patient Situations: Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
• Knowledge Base: Demonstrates sound knowledge base and actions in the care and decision making for designated patient populations.
• Policies and Procedures: Follows all Medical Center, Division of Nursing and Unit specific Policy and Procedures.
• Hourly Rounding: Consistently incorporates hourly rounding into daily practice.

CORE VALUES

• Accountability: Accepts accountability for individual practice.
• Caring and Compassionate Environment: Respects and recognizes each patient as a unique individual and provides holistic nursing care.
• Collaboration: Collaborates with the patient, family and other health care providers in providing patient care.
• Communication: Demonstrates effective communication methods and skills, using lines of authority appropriately.
• Continuity of Care: Consistently identifies appropriate care plan and delivers care according to the plan of care.
• Leadership: Demonstrates leadership ability. Demonstrates appropriate delegation of tasks and duties in the direction and coordination of health care team members, patient care and unit activities.
• Learning Environment: Demonstrates self directed learning and participation in continuing education to meet own professional development.
• Participation in Decision Making: Participates in development and attainment of unit and Department of Nursing goals, along with Medical Center strategic plans and goals.
• Quality Improvement: Participates in Quality Improvement initiatives and standards development.
• Age-Appropriate Care: Provides age-appropriate care to all patients according to their age groups for the particular unit to which the individual is assigned.

Physical Demands

Appreciable physical effort required; lifting, pulling, pushing, and moving patients of various size, capabilities and abilities. Some lifting, reaching, and stooping. Required to be on feet much of the time. Exposure Category Category I. Tasks that involve exposure to blood and body fluid or tissues.